Vision Russia and Germany in new sphere
London reports say Russia and Germany have agreed on spheres of influence in northern Europe. Russia would attack Finland while Germany moves to expand economic control in Sweden and Norway, possibly using Narvik to access Swedish iron ore and north Atlantic routes. Britain weighs Finland invasion responses and Italy’s potential support. Sweden’s stance remains unsettled amid German pressure.
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London
Russa
Finland
Helsingfors
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Europe
Scandinavia
Reich
Norway
Sweden
Narvik
North Atlantic
Britain
Balkan
Italy
Nations May Form Europe Wide Federation After War
British statesman Alfred Duff Cooper cautioned that a federation or league of nations may form after the war to secure common liberty. He urged a central international authority and sanctions, with the British Commonwealth as a model, while noting the need to sacrifice some sovereignty. In Bucharest, Roumanian Germans were urged to send identical food parcels and soap to Reich friends.
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Ottawa
Europe
Alfred Duff Cooper
The
Admiralty
British Commonwealth of Nations
Duff Cooper
Bucharest
Roumania
Reich
Caustic Press Attacks Soviet Finland Invasion
New York papers attack Soviet Russia for invading Finland. The Times condemns the ruination of Finland and Russia’s shaken credibility. The Mirror scorns Leningrad’s odor and calls the Russian ballet a fraud with possible aims at Roumania or Iran.
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New York
Russia
Finland
Times
the Mirror
Leningrad
Roumania
Bessarabia
Iran
Floods Hit the Netherlands Isolate Villages and Halt Traffic
In the southeast and central Netherlands heavy November rains sent the Rhine Waal and Maas to high levels. A number of villages were isolated and highway traffic interrupted as rivers rose, with water already inundating some sections as a defense measure.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Rhine
Waal
Maas
Australia’s War Effort in Empire Air Defence Plan Expanded
Ottawa talks reshape Australia’s role in air defence with a larger contribution. Commonwealth sourcing shows 26 500 pilots gunners and observers and 50 000 ground staff. Canada expected to bear a bigger share as well. Only 6 000 Australians will go to Canada while the rest train locally and receive modern bombers and fighters from the United States and Britain.
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Sydney
Australia
Ottawa
Commonwealth
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Deal for Wheat and Wool Barter with Germany Falls Through
Argentine state railways report a $4 350 000 barter deal to swap wheat and wool for German railway equipment collapsed due to wartime restrictions. German firms Krupp and Thyssen cannot fulfill contracts for 900 freight cars 30 sleepers and 66 switching locomotives. Wheat already shipped to Germany is paid for by German credits totaling $1 400 000 held in Buenos Aires. The contract anticipated 100 000 tons of wheat.
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Buenos Aires
Krupp and Thyssen
Germany
Canada Public Debt Totals Reported for March 31 1938
The Dominion bureau of statistics shows Canada’s total net public debt at 5 827 411 109 dollars as of March 31 1938, including direct federal and provincial debts and municipal liabilities. Federal net direct debt is 3 101 667 570 dollars, with outstanding funded debt abroad excluding sinking fund at 3 252 577 884 dollars.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
London
New York
Germany builds vast synthetic gasoline plant at Stettin
United States consul S B Redercker in Frankfort on the Main reports Germany is constructing a gigantic synthetic gasoline plant at Stettin in northeast Germany. The facility will produce 350000 metric tons of gasoline yearly and should be finished in about two years.
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Washington
S. B. Redercker
United States
Frankforton-Marmn
Commerce Department
Germany
Stettin
Praise for Britons Spirit in War Effort in London Speech
Sir John Simon lauds British resolve and unity in wartime at a National Defence luncheon. He notes German strategic divisions and cites Finnish and Polish envoys, praising coastal towns for aiding mine sweeping and saluting Captain Kennedy and the Rawalpindi crew for gallantry in Britain’s defense.
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London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
John Simon
Exchequer
Sir John
National Defence Public Interest Committee
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Britain
John
G. A. Gripenberg
Harry Nathan
Labor
Admiralty
Yarmouth
Lowestoft
Kennedy
Rawalpindi
Paris Says Uboat Threat Diminished by Losses and Mines Antidote Found
French minister Cesare Campinchi stated Germany had lost more than half of its prewar submarines, reducing the Uboat menace. He confirmed reports of an antidote to German magnetic mines using electric beams and magnetism. French naval circles noted a German freighter seized with major coffee and supplies, identifying the ships Trifels and Santa Fe.
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Paris
Cesare Campinchi
Germany
Campinchi
Fire Destroys Fredericton Barracks in Arson Claim
Fredericton fire chief Karl A Walker labeled the blaze at the exhibition complex an incendiary act. The main building burned rapidly, with damage unofficially set at 75000 dollars. Three soldiers, named Richard Harrington and Dudley, were hospitalized as crews battled the flames.
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Fredericton
Karl A Walker
Fredericton Exhibition
Richard
Harrington
Dudley
Vancouver Wheat Push Led by Mayor and Aldermen
Mayor Lyle Telford and a three member aldermanic committee plan a brief to Ottawa urging the federal government to divert a larger share of Canada’s wheat exports to Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Lyle Telford
British Columbia
Ottawa
Canada
Toronto Legion Draws On Wart Memoir Of Bohemian Legionaire
Captain Horace H van Wart cites unity between Czrec and Great War legions. A northern Ontario farmer Jan Utvar of Tabor Bohemia presented Wart with his Siberian Legion discharge as proof of renewed zeal. Utvar sold his farm to rejoin as a Legionnaire awaiting decision on the Czech Canadian force.
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Toronto
Horace H van Wart
Wart
Ontario
Siberian Legion
Jan Utvar
Tabor
Bohemia
Jan
Crerar Vows Canada Will Do Its Part in War Effort
London reports Canadian minister of resources T A Crerar told a German audience via BBC that Canada stands more united in war aims than in 1914. He cited half of Western Front RAF pilots being Canadian and Canada’s huge industrial output and grain harvest as proof of increased capacity. Crerar said Canada will raise 25 000 pilots annually and that remoteness protects against enemy interference while promising to destroy aggression threatening freedom.
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London
T. A. Crerar
Germany
Canada
British Broadcasting Corporation
Crerar
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Berlin War Shrinks Higher Education in Germany
War drives German universities to a minimum with only about six schools operating. Many institutions near the French border including Heidelberg and Freiberg are closed as student doctors fill early roles and physicians and surgeons are sent to the front.
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Berlin
Germany
Heidelberg
Freiberg
Nepal to Send Eight Battalions to British India
New Delhi reports Nepal plans to dispatch eight battalions next year to aid British India in line with wartime pledges. The troops will be commanded by the Maharajah of Nepal’s eldest son.
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New Delhi
Nepal
British India
Invasion of Finland Shocks Nordic Nations
Copenhagen reports Sweden Norway and Denmark stunned by the Soviet attack on Finland. Oslo sees anti Soviet anger and vandalism at a Communist paper. Citizens collect funds for refugees as Sweden tightens defenses and Norway fears Arctic war spread.
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Copenhagen
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Oslo
Aberderen
Hesingfors
Arctic
Coars
Helsingfors
Bracken urges western farmers to accept governing guidance
Premier John Bracken spoke to the Union of Manitoba Municipalities urging western farmers to trust directing authority in Britain, Canada, or both. He warned against relying on wartime prices, warned against operating at a loss, and urged fair prices and policy to support agriculture.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Western Canada
Bracken
Great Britain
Dominion
War Film Ready Ottawa
A Canadian edition of the British film The Warning, reviewing Great Britain’s preparedness for war, has been completed by the national film board. Hon. W D Euler announces the last section features a statement by Hon. Norman Rogers on mobilizing Canada’s military, naval, air, economic, and industrial resources.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
National Film Board
W. D. Euler
Public Information Committee
Norman Rogers
Defence
Canada
Eskimos Make Ice Cream From Fish Oil and Snow
Eskimo cooks create a year round treat using fish oil snow and sugar. The method blends raw ingredients into a frozen dessert reflecting traditional Arctic flavors.
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Eskimos
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